Question

Why did the boy stood expectant? - After Blenheim Poem.

Answer 1

Southey's poem After Blenheim is an anti-war poem. He is ironic here to present the fact that people in general glorify war and war-heroes without knowing what good it does to mankind or why a victory is called 'great' or 'famous'.

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